Ayah in Scrabble and Meaning

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Yes. The word ayah is a Scrabble US word. The word ayah is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word ayah is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

AYAH,

3-letter words (4 found)

AAH,AHA,HAY,YAH,

2-letter words (5 found)

AA,AH,AY,HA,YA,

You can make 10 words from ayah according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of ayah

ayah yaah aayh aayh yaah ayah ayha yaha ahya haya yhaa hyaa aahy aahy ahay haay ahay haay yaha ayha yhaa hyaa ahya haya

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Definitions and meaning of ayah

ayah

Etymology 1

From various Indian languages (e.g. Hindi आया (āyā, dry nurse, nanny)), from Portuguese aia (nurse, governess), from Latin avia (grandmother).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.ə/, /ˈɑːjə/

Noun

ayah (plural ayahs)

  1. A South Asian female servant, maid or nanny, historically, often one working for Europeans in South Asia.
See also
  • amah

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya, sign, token).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.(j)ɑː/, /ˈaɪ.ə/

Noun

ayah (plural ayahs or ayat)

  1. (Islam) A verse in the Quran.
    Synonym: ayat
Alternative forms
  • ayat
Translations

Further reading

  • Ayah in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
  • Āyah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • ayah (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Haya, haya

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ayah (father), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aya₂ (father’s sister, father’s sister’s husband), from Proto-Austronesian *aya₂.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.jah/
  • Hyphenation: a‧yah

Noun

ayah (first-person possessive ayahku, second-person possessive ayahmu, third-person possessive ayahnya)

  1. (formal) father (male parent)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ayah

Derived terms

See also

  • bung

References

Further reading

  • “ayah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*aya₂”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): [a.jah], /ajah/
  • Rhymes: -ajah, -jah, -ah

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aya (father’s sister, father’s sister’s husband), from Proto-Austronesian *aya.

Noun

ayah (Jawi spelling ايه, plural ayah-ayah, informal 1st possessive ayahku, 2nd possessive ayahmu, 3rd possessive ayahnya)

  1. (formal, polite) father (male parent)
    Synonyms: abah, bapa, rama
    Ayah DanielDaniel's father
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Indonesian: ayah
  • Peranakan Indonesian: ajah

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi आया (āyā), from Portuguese aia.

Noun

ayah (Jawi spelling ايه, plural ayah-ayah, informal 1st possessive ayahku, 2nd possessive ayahmu, 3rd possessive ayahnya)

  1. (dated) nursemaid, usually one of Indian ancestry
Related terms
  • amah

See also

  • pengasuh (caretaker)
  • pembantu rumah (domestic worker)

Further reading

  • "ayah" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
  • “ayah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*aya₂”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

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